‘Basquiat and the Bayou’ and ‘Jean-Michel Basquiat: Now’s the Time’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Holly Bass
In the American historical imagination, the North (even beyond our borders into Canada) symbolizes freedom, individual expression and progress, while the South conjures a mix of hospitality, religious fervor and persistent racial prejudice. It’s a cultural civil war that in some ways enables us to sidestep the more complicated realities of our national identity. Two recent exhibition catalogs ably situate the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat within these potent cultural poles. [link]
BASQUIAT AND THE BAYOU
By Franklin Sirmans
Illustrated. 112 pp. DelMonico Books/Prestel. $34.95.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
Now’s the Time
Edited by Dieter Buchhart
Illustrated. 227 pp. Art Gallery of Ontario/DelMonico Books/Prestel. $49.95.
By Holly Bass
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| "Untitled (Cadmium)," 1984; oil, oil stick and acrylic on canvas. Credit The Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat/Société des Auteurs dans les Arts graphiques et plastiques, Paris/Artist Rights Society |
BASQUIAT AND THE BAYOU
By Franklin Sirmans
Illustrated. 112 pp. DelMonico Books/Prestel. $34.95.
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT
Now’s the Time
Edited by Dieter Buchhart
Illustrated. 227 pp. Art Gallery of Ontario/DelMonico Books/Prestel. $49.95.